Nationals 2015

We actually usually have really nice weather in October-November if that was what you were referring to. :)

Not exactly. I mean, it would probably be better to visit you more spaced out, than all at once. ;)

Agreed. It would be pretty overwhelming if we tried to host several families in a row.

That would be a good place too. :) We shall see. :)

WHY DOESN'T BIBLE BEE JUST TELL US??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

That would be a good place too. :) We shall see. :)

WHY DOESN'T BIBLE BEE JUST TELL US??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Last I asked, they hadn't confirmed a location yet. Hopefully they will announce it soon, though. :)

If it was on Crete I would be able to go. but... then i think my family would be the only families going. :p so i have to admit that i hope it's not on Crete. :p :p I would like it in Delaware, Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, or Florida. :p

Pennsylvania is really nice in the fall. ;) ^Especially in Pittsburgh. XP^

Yup! :p

Hey guys, my mom found this page that contains the names of the new board of directors: http://www.biblebee.org/uploaded_files/files/BoardMembers-Web%285%29.pdf

The movie shown in 2013 was based on the book Mrs. Tracy Craven's wrote.

I thought I saw the same list last year, and it doesn't look like anything's changed. Are you sure that's new?

EDIT: All of those members, except Mike Farris, are members of the Kennedy family, if I'm not mistaken.

The "Event Information" under Contact now has a San Antonio address, so I'm assuming they've been able to follow through with the move. Hopefully more info will come out soon. x)

Are you looking at the board of directors? I'm pretty sure it's changed…

So where is the bee going to be held?

The "Event Information" under Contact now has a San Antonio address, so I'm assuming they've been able to follow through with the move. Hopefully more info will come out soon. x)

I was wondering when one of my fellow BB detectives would notice that :).

The movie shown in 2013 was based on the book Mrs. Tracy Craven's wrote.

You may already be aware of this, but Kelly Greyson who played Barbara in Alone, Yet not Alone is Mrs. Craven's sister (and Dr. Leininger's daughter).

I don't know about the email… All this info is on the BB website.

OK. Well, I don't think I have permission to tell you…sorry! "You will understand it better by and by…"

The E-Store is offline.

The email said nothing about confidentiality (and normally, with things that are meant to be confidential, they make a very clear point that the info is not to be shared), so I don't think anyone could get in trouble for posting anything. But you're right that it probably wouldn't be the greatest idea to do so until all is made public.

You're probably right. My dad said the same thing (after I had already posted that). And I guess Noah didn't really say anything, I just wasn't sure :). Anyway, everyone should know everything soon. ^I hope… :)^

Somebody forwarded the email to us… snicker xP

Well, I guess you would know soon, anyway. Did they send you both?

Thinks I may know what this talk is all about but won't say because I don't want to get in trouble x)

REGISTRATION IS OPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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NATIONALS 2015 WILL BE IN SAN ANATONIO, TX, NOVEMBER 18-22!!

So what does everyone think about so much time to study for Nationals? Personally, I like it, but it appears that I am just about the only one in my family who does :).

I like it too =) Sorta xD

Why sorta? And why doesn't the rest of your family like it, Anna? Do they think that makes it too easy?

I think some of them think that, especially for Seniors, it will be really boring in semis if everyone knows everything word perfect. Also, I guess they don't want to study for that much extra time :). I think my brain does better with extra time for the verses. Last year wasn't enough time for me to perfect all the verses.

I remember last year, near the end, I was getting really tired of studying so much…but I think with more time we may or may not feel as crammed XD

I can understand the pros and cons of both ways. For me personally, however, I know that in order to go I have to memorize all the verses, therefore I want more time. :)

It will be odd if they release the Nationals verses early. I'm not sure if they will, but Mr. Upton said something on the webinar that sounded like they might. I've been thinking that I would probably need to memorize 20 verses a day if I made it to Nationals, but I might actually just need to memorize less than 10 a day! :)

Yeah, that would be really great! Just curious, do you and your siblings take off school for Nats?

I can understand the pros and cons of both ways. For me personally, however, I know that in order to go I have to memorize all the verses, therefore I want more time. :)

Exactly :D Same here.

Do you know if they were going to decrease or increase the amount of verses for Nationals?

No, we don't. The boys sort of did, but being younger and having older siblings who talk about what they've been learning, they didn't really need to do much schoolwork. I had less than I do now, but I still had do school until at least a little after lunch. Do you?

I don't. I hope they don't increase it or decrease it more than by 150 verses :).

I think 600 for Seniors would be about right…I don't want more than 750 xD

I doubt they'll raise it.

No, I don't take off. I would hate to have to catch up on all that. It's bad enough with the 3 weeks I took off then (the week before, the week of, and the week after).

I doubt they'll raise it.

Yeah.

I think 600 for Seniors would be about right...I don't want more than 750 xD

Juniors had 600 to do last year in two months. If they're gonna give us at least three months I assume that they'll either keep the amounts the same or raise them.

I think some of them think that, especially for Seniors, it will be really boring in semis if everyone knows everything word perfect. Also, I guess they don't want to study for that much extra time :). I think my brain does better with extra time for the verses. Last year wasn't enough time for me to perfect all the verses.

I agree. Last year felt too much like cramming and didn't really promote meditating and long-term memorization IMO.

I think some of them think that, especially for Seniors, it will be really boring in semis if everyone knows everything word perfect. Also, I guess they don't want to study for that much extra time :). I think my brain does better with extra time for the verses. Last year wasn't enough time for me to perfect all the verses.

I agree. Last year felt too much like cramming and didn't really promote meditating and long-term memorization IMO.

I think 600 for Seniors would be about right...I don't want more than 750 xD

Juniors had 600 to do last year in two months. If they're gonna give us at least three months I assume that they'll either keep the amounts the same or raise them.

One of the biggest reasons that I see for them giving us less is that SKF now has a different staff, so to the new staff what we are memorizing will seem like much more than it does to us.

I think 600 for Seniors would be about right...I don't want more than 750 xD

Juniors had 600 to do last year in two months. If they're gonna give us at least three months I assume that they'll either keep the amounts the same or raise them.

One of the biggest reasons that I see for them giving us less is that SKF now has a different staff, so to the new staff what we are memorizing will seem like much more than it does to us.

Do you know if any of the new staff has been in involved with BB before?

I think 600 for Seniors would be about right...I don't want more than 750 xD

Juniors had 600 to do last year in two months. If they're gonna give us at least three months I assume that they'll either keep the amounts the same or raise them.

One of the biggest reasons that I see for them giving us less is that SKF now has a different staff, so to the new staff what we are memorizing will seem like much more than it does to us.

Do you know if any of the new staff has been in involved with BB before?

I don't, but I think Mr. Upton knew some people who had done BB in NC. But I was too excited to pay much attention to the first part of the webinar, so I'm not really sure :).

I think 600 for Seniors would be about right...I don't want more than 750 xD

Juniors had 600 to do last year in two months. If they're gonna give us at least three months I assume that they'll either keep the amounts the same or raise them.

One of the biggest reasons that I see for them giving us less is that SKF now has a different staff, so to the new staff what we are memorizing will seem like much more than it does to us.

Do you know if any of the new staff has been in involved with BB before?

I don't, but I think Mr. Upton knew some people who had done BB in NC. But I was too excited to pay much attention to the first part of the webinar, so I'm not really sure :).

I wonder who those people are……. xD Did you catch their name at all?

I think 600 for Seniors would be about right...I don't want more than 750 xD

Juniors had 600 to do last year in two months. If they're gonna give us at least three months I assume that they'll either keep the amounts the same or raise them.

One of the biggest reasons that I see for them giving us less is that SKF now has a different staff, so to the new staff what we are memorizing will seem like much more than it does to us.

Do you know if any of the new staff has been in involved with BB before?

I don't, but I think Mr. Upton knew some people who had done BB in NC. But I was too excited to pay much attention to the first part of the webinar, so I'm not really sure :).

I wonder who those people are....... xD Did you catch their name at all?

I don't think he said their name. I don't even know if they've been to Nationals or not.

I think 600 for Seniors would be about right...I don't want more than 750 xD

Juniors had 600 to do last year in two months. If they're gonna give us at least three months I assume that they'll either keep the amounts the same or raise them.

One of the biggest reasons that I see for them giving us less is that SKF now has a different staff, so to the new staff what we are memorizing will seem like much more than it does to us.

Do you know if any of the new staff has been in involved with BB before?

I don't, but I think Mr. Upton knew some people who had done BB in NC. But I was too excited to pay much attention to the first part of the webinar, so I'm not really sure :).

I wonder who those people are....... xD Did you catch their name at all?

I don't think he said their name. I don't even know if they've been to Nationals or not.

Okay. I'm pretty sure it's not us, as I had never heard of the Upton's before. xP

I think 600 for Seniors would be about right...I don't want more than 750 xD

Juniors had 600 to do last year in two months. If they're gonna give us at least three months I assume that they'll either keep the amounts the same or raise them.

One of the biggest reasons that I see for them giving us less is that SKF now has a different staff, so to the new staff what we are memorizing will seem like much more than it does to us.

Do you know if any of the new staff has been in involved with BB before?

I don't, but I think Mr. Upton knew some people who had done BB in NC. But I was too excited to pay much attention to the first part of the webinar, so I'm not really sure :).

I wonder who those people are....... xD Did you catch their name at all?

I don't think he said their name. I don't even know if they've been to Nationals or not.

Okay. I'm pretty sure it's not us, as I had never heard of the Upton's before. xP

:) I had actually forgotten when he said that that y'all lived in NC. The only people I could think of at first were the Bs.
And I really wasn't paying much attention at that point, so I may be wrong about this.

I think 600 for Seniors would be about right...I don't want more than 750 xD

Juniors had 600 to do last year in two months. If they're gonna give us at least three months I assume that they'll either keep the amounts the same or raise them.

One of the biggest reasons that I see for them giving us less is that SKF now has a different staff, so to the new staff what we are memorizing will seem like much more than it does to us.

Do you know if any of the new staff has been in involved with BB before?

Only a few, I believe. He said all the Wilmington staff are done… but Mr. Widdoes still has some position.

Anna: Good point. I guess we'll find out eventually.

I don't think any one accused you of that, which means that your feeling cornered and going into denial. WHICH MEANS IT IS YOUR FAMILY!!!! xP But seriously why would you two be working on seemingly such an uninteresting puzzle? :)

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Only a few, I believe. He said all the Wilmington staff are done… but Mr. Widdoes still has some position. .
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Really?! How do you know?

EDIT– For some reason, that didn't "blockquote" properly. Oh well! :)